Markus Campbell-Savours MP: written questions
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Written questions
Crown Court: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to the Court of Appeal originating from the Crown Court in the most recent year for which data is available were (a) allowed, (b) dismissed, or (c) withdrawn.
Answer: Official statistics published by Ministry of Justice provide figures for appeals that were allowed and dismissed. Withdrawn cases are not separately recorded in the published dataset.In the most recent year for which data is available (2024), Court of App...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of Crown Court convictions and sentences in the most recent year for which data is available were appealed to the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division).
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold the information required to calculate the proportion of Crown Court convictions and sentences that were appealed to the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division).
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCounty Courts: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals against county court decisions in the most recent year for which data is available were successful.
Answer: Official statistics published by Ministry of Justice provide figures for appeals.In the most recent year for which data is available (2024), the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) recorded the outcomes for appeals originating from the county courts that wer...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCounty Courts: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals originating from the county courts were (a) allowed, (b) dismissed or (c) withdrawn in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: Official statistics published by Ministry of Justice provide figures for appeals.In the most recent year for which data is available (2024), the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) recorded the outcomes for appeals originating from the county courts that wer...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCounty Courts: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of decisions made in the county courts were appealed to the High Court or Court of Appeal in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: Data on the number of decisions made in the county courts and the proportion appealed to the Court of Appeal can be found in the following official publications: Royal_Courts_of_Justice_Annual_Tables_2024.ods.High Court data is not broken down by source c...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of appeals to the Crown Court originating from magistrates’ courts were successful in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: Data on appeals to the Crown Court from magistrates’ courts are published as part of the Criminal Court Statistics quarterly release in table C11. Data is split into appeals against the verdict and appeals against the sentence with breakdowns provided for...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to the Crown Court originating from magistrates’ courts in the most recent year for which data is available were (a) allowed, (b) dismissed, or (c) withdrawn.
Answer: Data on appeals to the Crown Court from magistrates’ courts are published as part of the Criminal Court Statistics quarterly release in table C11. Data is split into appeals against the verdict and appeals against the sentence with breakdowns provided for...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: Appeals and Judicial ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of decisions made in magistrates’ courts in the most recent year for which data is available were appealed to the Crown Court, by way of case stated, or by judicial review.
Answer: Data on appeals to the Crown Court from magistrates’ courts are published as part of the Criminal Court Statistics quarterly release in table C11. Data is split into appeals against the verdict and appeals against the sentence with breakdowns provided for...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current waiting times are for Access to Work applications.
Answer: For details on the average processing time for Access to Work grant applications from April to June 2025, please refer to the answer I gave on 3 July 2025 to Question UIN 63906. We are committed to reducing waiting times for new applications and have incr...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCompanies House: Proof of IdentityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on the rollout of identity verification for Companies House via the Post Office and Authorised Corporate Service Provider routes.
Answer: The 12-month transition period commenced on 18 November 2025. More than 1.4 million people have already completed the first phase of identity verification through GOV.UK One Login. 47,867 people started their journey online and selected the Post Office op...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFreehold: Pension FundsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of pension schemes that have an exposure to freehold properties; and if he will make an assessment of the poten
Answer: An Impact Assessment (IA) was published in December 2023 for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024. It can be found here.An addendum to that IA was published on 14 April 2025 which can be found here.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAiding and Abetting: DatabasesMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on improving data on joint enterprise cases.
Answer: Joint enterprise is not a specific criminal offence. It is a common law doctrine which can apply in situations where two or more individuals have a common purpose to commit any criminal offence.The Ministry of Justice currently collects information on how...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the financial impact of amending the 1987 Police Pension Scheme to allow widowers of police officers to retain survivor’s pension entitlement if they (a) remarry an
Answer: The 1987 Police Pension Scheme provides survivor benefits to widows, widowers, and civil partners of police officers who die. In line with most public service pension schemes of that era, these benefits cease upon remarriage or cohabitation.With the intro...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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